Necktie-support



(No Model.) v

B.B.SGULLY.X

' NEGKTIE SUPPORT.

Patented FebQlS, 1883.

N PETERS. Phmwum u her. Washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ BENJAMI B.- scULLY, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTlE-SUPPORT.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,337, datedFebruary 13, race.-

Application filed M.y'26,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1 I Be it known that I, BENJAMIN B. SoULLY,

of the city of Lynn, State of Massachusetts,

haveinvented an Improved Necktie-Supporter, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a supporter to which the tiemay be quickly attached, or from which it can be .as quickly re-'therein, as hereinafter more particularly and u iully'set forth andclaimed' In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an outlined blank of mysupporter, with the securing-pin shown in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is asimilar view,showing the interior of the blank cut away to securelightness, and with a double instead of a single pin. (Shown by dottedlines.) Fig. 3 is a view .similar to the preceding ones, except that theblank is formed to inclose the point of the securing-pin. Fig. 4 isafront elevation, showing the blank of Fig. l molded into form. Fig. 5 isa reverse or back side view of Fig. 4. Fig.6 is a back side elevation,showing the blank of Fig. 2 molded into form, and with the tie theretosecured. Fig. 7 is a central vertical section of the supporter with tieunited, and showing the shirt-binding in section and the collar-stud inelevation, the supporter being shown as of the form in Fig. 3.

, In said views, 0t represents the body of the supporter, which maybeformed of metal, hard rubber, gutta-percha, horn, celluloid, papiermach,or any other material possessing the requisite strength. Said body isformed to correspond with the general outline of the tie, andpractically of the form shown.

A projecting tongue, b, has formed in it a button-hole, c, which at itslarger end readily admits the collar-stud t, Fig. 7, while itsconverging end is only large enough to receive the neck of said stud.The tongue b is folded parallel with body a, as shown in Figs. 5, 6,.

'7, and at a distance therefrom to receive the head of stud i betweenthe two, as shown in Fig. 7.

Two. narrow projections, d, are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as formed uponthe blank, and.

in Figs. 4 and'5 the same are shown as bent into loops'to receive andhold in place the se-' curing-pin e, by which tie g is attached to theholder. Said pin may be single, as shownlin Figs. 1, 4, 5, 7, or it maybe double, as in Figs. 2, 6, in which latter case it can form the loopf, within which the ends ofa"light scarf may be secured. In Figs. 3 theproject-ion d' is shown as single and widened, and. when so formed it isturned upward toward tongue b, as shown in Fig. 7. instead of beingturned horizontally, as in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and it incloses or covers thepoint of pin 6.

Tie g is permanently secured to the supporter by pin 6, and, except forthe purpose of changing a worn-out tie for a new one or for otherpurpose, they are not separated; but,i f desired, they can be at oncetaken apart and a different tie secured to the-supporter.

The method of attaching the supporter to -th'e-shirt h is clearly shownin Fig. 7, the

outer head of stud t entering the larger portion of hole 0 in tongue b,when the supporter is pressed down till the converging lines of hole 0engage the neck of said stud, which holds the supporter inplace. Thebody a is curved to correspond with and fit to the neck' of the wearer.

I am aware that supporters having holes to receive the thread by whichthe tie is secured to them are common and well known, such supportersbeing secured to the shirt-stud by a loop or similar device, and I donot claim the same, my invention relating to a supporter provided with apin for attaching the tie and holder together, with a securing loop orholder by which to confine the point of said BENJAMIN B. SOULLY.

Witnesses T. W. PORTER, EUGENE HUMPHREY-

